161 Preface وَإِذ قيلَ لَهُمُ اسكُنوا هٰذِهِ القَريَةَ وَكُلوا مِنها حَيثُ شِئتُم وَقولوا حِطَّةٌ وَادخُلُوا البابَ سُجَّدًا نَغفِر لَكُم خَطيئَاتِكُم ۚ سَنَزيدُ المُحسِنينَAli Quli QaraiAnd when they were told, ‘Settle in this town and eat thereof whence you wish; and say, “Relieve [us of the burden of our sins],” and enter prostrating at the gate, that We may forgive your iniquities, and soon We shall enhance the virtuous.’1 Cf. 2:58.